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Weekend that was: A Dead Gnome does no Damage!

Last weekend I got to knock over Naxx25 with my guild, which was a great experience.

I started this weekend out knowing that I wasn’t up for anything as grand. I knew that I wasn’t going to be raiding with my guild for 2 reasons.

I wasn’t going to really be available till late, as I was babysitting.

I really wanted to give my time to my mates instead.

When I logged on I raced over to the Argent Tournament grounds and struggled to do anything… I mean anything. The quests may seem great to many, but all that lost flying time makes this casual raider a sad boy. On top of that the jousting isn’t going all that well for me.

I have decided that the whole charging thing is a bit too hard when I am 0.5-1 second behind the AI, so I am doing it the hard way with shield breakers and hand-to-hand. If I don’t get it right, the NPC opponent just laughs at me because I am taking too long.

Still, soon enough I will be a champion, and the Turbo Mechanostrider will be mine.

I got the call up to join our 10 man attempt at Naxx. The big question being whether to tackle the quarters that hadn’t previously been cleared, or go the normal way.

Someone was polymorphing rabbits left right and center… Seriously, are you afraid of a DeathKnight when it is all white and fluffy like this? Who would be.

Actually this Death Knight had been suffering to my lucky rolls for the previous two nights… can you say 100 & 98 & 96?

He was smack talking me before the KT attempt… so I brought him down to my size with a little BabySpice.

Not my 1st use of Baby Spice mind you.. I actually used it on a bear riding Tauren in Dalaran.. no real reason, just felt like doing it. He got the surprise of his life.. I saw him riding up and down the streets with lots of exclamation marks over his head.

BTW, those of you that suffer from “I got a mammoth and I know how to plant it in the Dalaran fountain” problem… this is the solution… show the world how big their appendage really is.

Where was I…

Oh yeah… lying bleeding on the floor of KT’s room. I would like to say that in gaining this achievement I lived long enough to make a difference, but that would be a lie.

At this point I would like to show that UberHunter, that joined our raid group, the finger… my big fat middle finger.

He was with us for our 1st 2 attempts at KT.. from the moment he joined our raid he was dissing us.

Complaining about group makeup

Complaining about the existence of our Hunter Mate

Slagging us off for any little error.

Slagging ranged off for not taking down the Soul Weavers fast enough (Err Ummm… you are ranged…what the hell were you doing?)

After the 2nd attempt he declared we were full of fail, and that we should give up and go home. He thought it was a waste of his time.

Before I could type and post…

cya

… to raid chat, he was kicked.

At which point he started laughing saying how he wasn’t going to leave the instance… and how he was going to return later with his mates and one-shot KT in a way we never would.

Turd!

Don’t know what your problem was, but even I with only 2 weeks of 80 under my belt, and 1/3 of your purples was doing more dps!

So for you, I have one image…

So in 2 weeks of raiding at 80, I have now cleared both Heroic 25 Man Naxx and 10 man Naxx.

I think the 10 man Naxx is all the sweeter because it was harder just relying on our 10 bodies, especially for me that had only seen the fights once before. The final struggles on KT just made it all the more worthwhile.

Ohh and the point of the title of this post was that overall, I came in 6th in damage, so at 1st assumption I am still not putting out the dps that is required (OK, I require of myself). Yet, for those fights that I survive, like the final KT fight, I am consistently in 2nd or 3rd position.

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lol, I hadn’t quite gotten it in my head yet to try and stroll into the Alliance Tournament Tent, good to know what would have been in store for me! If I were in charge I would grant you amnesty – I’ll even overlook the fact that you’re *shudder* a gnome. /wink

I am amazed at how much you’ve gotten done in such a short period of time! Only on Fridays… I would go nuts.

Looks like you’ve gotten the timing squared away on the achievement screen shots. Which add are you using for that?

just had to say that your blog always makes me smile. i love seeing what i’m in for when i get to the stuff you’re doing, and the screen shots are always awesome (“having fun – wish you were here!”). the staff is DEFINITELY drool-worthy… some day, it will be mine!

Grats to a lovely weekend! I’m glad to hear that you could use your time so well now that you came around to play a bit more than you usually do.

About the tournament: yeah, I must admit that I’m not most skilled dueller in the world either. And there’s definitely a risk that I’ll spend insane time on doing that stuff because every time I lose I get so pissed off that I HAVE to do it again… It’s not about the pets. It’s about the honour! I think I’ve become a little bit better at it though. Eventually I guess it will just be another grind. But right now I’m occupied in the egg hunt like anyone else, so the duelling has been paused temporarily.

Long time lurker, first time commenter. I’ve finally become compelled to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. You crack me up… especially the pictures. Your little gnome is like the Peter Sellers of gnomedom for me. He’s just hysterical. I especially love the one of him at the tourney with his flags on his mount. Too funny! Keep up the wonderful pics and the funny captions… /hug (OMG, I can’t believe I just hugged a gnome!! ew! get it offf me!!!!)

@Larisa: I can’t complain can I.. well of course I always do…
I still want to see so much… just got to convince the guys that there is more to life than Naxx now…

I get caught too… although lately I am working on “If I can’t get it in 5 attempts…just ride away and do something else”. Actually I am wondering why I am doing it at all… might as well just do the other dailies.

Egg hunt… there’s an egg hunt :-P

@Game Dame: I love it when you lurkers come out into the sunshine!
Mmm the Peter Sellers of Gnomeregan… Might have to throw in a bit of Birdy num num occasionally (For some reason my Indian wife doesn’t find his indian impersonations funny… though generally she does..)

Nice, grats on the achievements and loot! I doubt Roz will ever see 25 man … oh wait. Ok, he fail-pugged the spider wing and Noth on Saturday, but the raid actually wiped on Heigan about 4 times before calling it quits. Seriously … on Heigan … where you can win even if it takes an hour as long as you have a tank and a healer alive. /sigh

Any tips on the jousting? I am sooo bad at it that I have only made it as far as Valiant with Juna and have not gone back. All those mounts and pets just waiting for me to come pull my hair out to get them …..